Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York was founded in 1897 and currently houses more than two hundred thousand objects, among which some three thousand embroideries from all over the world and from all ages.

The embroidery collection is particularly strong in European and American embrodieries from the seventeenth century to the present day. There are numerous samplers of various types, as well as sample books and pattern books.

Address: 2 East 91st Street (between 5th and Madison Avenues) New York, New York 10128